Generational differences in response to desiccation stress in the Desert Moss Tortula inermis

Annals of Botany

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-60

  Stark, Lloyd R ^a   Oliver, Melvin J ^b   Mishler, Brent D ^c   McLetchie, D Nicholas ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bryophyte; Desiccation stress; Gametophyte; Protonema; Regeneration; Sporophyte; Tortula inermis

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTE; DESERT; DESICCATION; GAMETOPHYTE; LIFE HISTORY; MOSS; SPOROPHYTE; WATER STRESS;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; TORTULA INERMIS;

WATER;

ARTICLE; BRYOPSIDA; DESERT CLIMATE; DESICCATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

BRYOPSIDA; DESERT CLIMATE; DESICCATION; WATER;

EID: 34047216110     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcl238     Document Type: Article

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